San Diego Padres season ends in disaster after offense completely collapses against Milwaukee Brewers
Well, so much for the Padres. San Diego’s season came to a crashing halt Wednesday night as the Milwaukee Brewers slammed the door shut at Petco Park. Game 3 offered a brief pulse, but the Padres’ offense flatlined when it mattered most in a…
Los Angeles Dodgers are back in the NLCS for third straight season after win over Atlanta Braves
It’s a baseball cliché that pitching wins in the playoffs, but sometimes clichés exist for a reason. The first three games of the NLDS matchup between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves was a showcase of the quality of both teams’…
Who’s really played the best thus far through the first half of the college football season?
Most agree that the AP Top 25 Poll has become fatally flawed, thanks to a combination of human voter bias, time zone issues, mistakes and the sheer number of games, which makes following each one in detail virtually impossible. These issues start in the…
Closer Mason Miller hits paternity list 45 minutes before the Padres’ season is on the line
San Diego Padres All-Star reliever Mason Miller will miss an elimination game against the Milwaukee Brewers after being placed on Major League Baseball’s paternity list ahead of Game 3 of the National League Division Series. Miller couldn’t have…
Loyalty be damned: Did these coaches stick around a season too long and blow their chances at a big gig?
I want to take you all back to January 2025. The Arizona State Sun Devils just completed an improbable run to the College Football Playoff only two years removed from the disastrous Herm Edwards era. This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports…
NFL refs have set all-time record for flags this season, and it’s changing the outcome of games
Each year, NFL fans complain that officials are throwing more flags than ever before. Most years, the perception exceeds the evidence. This year, the evidence supports the complaint. The NFL is on a historically high penalty pace. This page may contain…
Pro-SEC bias in the AP Top 25 Poll has gotten out of control, and it’s impacting the college football season
The AP Top 25 poll has come under increasing scrutiny in recent seasons, as college football fans and personalities look deeper into individual voting habits. Many of which often make little to no sense. Thankfully, the importance of the AP Poll has…
Alex Ovechkin announces this will be his final NHL season as all-time great career comes to a close
Alex Ovechkin announced on Monday ahead of the Washington Capitals home opener against the Pittsburgh Penguins that this season will be his last in the National Hockey League. The 41-year-old signed a one-year contract during the offseason to return to…
Craziest upset of the college football season happened on Friday night while everyone was asleep
Craig Carton unloads on the NCAA following their admission of massive protocol failures in the Michigan vs. Western Michigan Hail Mary controversy, questioning why the governing body even exists if it lacks the power to reverse the call. Friday nights in…
College football moves closer to 24-game playoff and the destruction of the best regular season in sports
For a sport that spent decades with effectively the same system, structure and configuration, the rate of change in modern college football is jaw-dropping. The first iteration of the College Football Playoff was in 2014, not too long ago, in the grand…